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that, despite having made various inroads that might overcome these barri- ers, has remained limited in impact. As a result, mos ...

sible for the social adversities. The eternal Jew deserved all blame and hated. His/her very existence polluted all that was goo ...

and economic. Finally, if the Instrumental Reason of the West, with its de- humanized, totalitarian logic of efficiency, enabled ...

oping nations such as Hindu India or Confucian/Communist China rush for- ward into technologically-based economic growth, the va ...

civilizations, especially in their sciences and technologies, its embodiment in secular law, as in Rome or India, was quite rare ...

the unity of religion, community and everyday life. This seamless web of Islamic faith, law and commerce, had little room for ra ...

To understand the appeal of contemporary Islamism, we will note that not only did early Islam pose specific impediments to the e ...

between communists and nationalists in the other, resulted in modern States with secular realms and expanded spaces for rational ...

a systematic analysis of Islam. It is necessary to note that while certain aspects of Islam were highly conducive to building ex ...

monotheism was subjected to change under the impact of Sufism which catered for the emotional and orgiastic needs of the masses. ...

Middle East, save oil kingdoms, remains mired in economic stagnation and political ossification in which there is growing urban ...

Part II The Ascent and Decline of the Islamic Caliphate Muhammad, Mecca and Beyond In the sixth century, conflicts between Persi ...

to pacify the region and routinize caravan trade. This trust made possible a complex banking system that enabled a check drawn i ...

Islamic Law For Islam, the word of Allah as revealed in the Quran and the teachings in the hadith, were the basis of sacred law, ...

not clerics, e.g., immans, mullahsor religious virtuosos. While they may have been appointed by the State, absent legislative bo ...

able to forge large scale commercial enterprises that flourished over time. Thus, an Italian business enterprise could continue ...

Tamerlane. Meanwhile, political power was fragmented and dispersed to local groups such as the Fatimids, Ayyubids and Mamluks in ...

What Went Wrong As most historians note, the growth of the Italian city-States depended on trade with the Levant. The cultural e ...

of challengers to the existing system. After a certain point, perhaps with European military ascendance and circumnavigation tha ...

often upheld by religious laws and fatwas,there have been various progres- sive movements and attempts have been made to embrace ...